Today, Crye Precision officially released four new variant camouflage patterns based on the ever popular MultiCam; Arid, Tropical, Alpine and Black. Each is designed for specialized use while the classic MultiCam transitional pattern continues to be great for more universal wear as it tends to blend into most any environment. While Transitional and Black are available for order now, Duro Textiles will have the other new patterns available for order soon.
One new feature you may notice is that the MultiCam family of patterns all feature branding embedded in the print.
MultiCam is the combat-proven solution for concealment when operating in widely varied and mixed terrain. While MultiCam is suited to an extremely wide selection of environments, we have developed three new patterns that are optimized for narrower areas of operation. These new patterns work well with the primary MultiCam pattern to meet the needs of these extreme environments, thus expanding the performance envelope of the MultiCam family to cover nearly every possible environmental condition. The MultiCam patterns can be used alone or in conjunction with each other to meet nearly any operational requirement.
The same user now has more system-level options. For instance, a MultiCam chest rig can be paired with a MultiCam Tropic uniform for a known jungle deployment. Similarly, a MultiCam vest and pack can be paired with a MultiCam Arid uniform for activity within an open sand and rock desert. MultiCam Alpine is best suited for any environment encountering significant snowfall, while MultiCam Black is designed to offer domestic agencies a distinct and authoritative presence suited to law enforcement operations.
The MultiCam patterns were developed to provide maximum effectiveness across diverse operating environments with a minimum logistical burden. The patterns all have distinct roles but are designed to work together as a system to meet the needs of nearly any operating environment, all while helping the wearer do so with the least amount of kit possible.
THE MULTICAM FAMILY OF PATTERNS CONSISTS OF:
MultiCam: The base – the original combat-proven pattern that offers the widest range of environmental effectiveness – ideally suited for apparel & gear that must be employed throughout mixed or varied environments.
MultiCam Arid: A pattern intended for open sand and rock – ideally suited for apparel when working exclusively in bright open desert terrain.
MultiCam Tropic: A pattern intended for deep verdant jungle use – ideally suited for apparel when working exclusively in a dense jungle environment.
MultiCam Alpine: A pattern intended for snow-covered areas – ideally suited for over-garments and gear covers when/where snow cover is present.
MultiCam Black: While not a geographically-based pattern, MultiCam Black gives law enforcement groups a sharp and authoritative presence suited to domestic L.E. operations where projecting a strong and distinct image is a critical concern. MultiCam Black is designed to complement a wide range of existing armor and gear colors (for instance, green or black vests both look well-matched when paired with MultiCam Black uniforms).
Along with the release of the new patterns, MultiCamPattern.com has been updated.
Tags: Crye Precision, Duro Textiles LLC, Multicam
Site crashed already!
Disregard it was refreshing GAME ON!
Apparently they are uploading the pages one by one some are still lagging on the servers and don’t show as existing yet.
Anyone know if Crye will release these for the G3 Combat pants any time soon? I saw them pictured on their site but they aren’t on Crye’s site yet.
Site is totally down as far as I can tell.
It was up for about one minute then crashed, I got some screenshots and have to say they look very nice. SSD, if you didn’t get the shots I can send them to you.
Nice work. Hopefully between you and SSD everyone can get a good look at the new stuff.
one hundred million chairborne commandos refreshing
Ha! Airsofters and wannabees!
SSD – Are these the patterns that Crye submitted for the Camouflage Improvement Effort?
Does the Arid have branch line pattern in it?
We have been in contact with Crye and the server is chugging along although sluggishly. We have created a simple image to give everyone an idea of what the patterns look like.
Ahh and the great camo war rages on! Way to go there Crye-ptek, lets take the same pattern and recolor it 7 times and call it innovation, this is the thoughtless crap you guys have kept a secret for 3 years? Give me a break !
Ummm, apparently the past three years and the US Army’s assertion that it required a family of camouflage patterns that shared common geometry but with specialist colorways was lost on you…
LOL no that didn’t escape me at all, just wondered why all the secrecy when all they did was take multicam and recolor it, why not release this two years ago and take advantage of commercial sales. Furthermore why not look at changing up pattern geometry or print technology and actually come up with something cutting really cutting edge instead of regurgitating the same old stuff for the last decade?
To keep OCP’s momentum as it’s already widely available both in COTS and military suppliers.
These camos are meant to keep the “classic” MultiCam as already issued for PPE, whiel the new ones would only be made for clothing,
News flash Numbnuts… That’s how the camo evolves. Camo started with Joes painting their uniforms from Doughboy helmets right down to their Putees in the trenches so they wouldn’t get their ass shot off. But thanks for playing. You are now the asshole of the week.
Lucky, They still got their asses shot off! It wasn’t called the war to end a wars for nothing. Going over the top meant death by a Maxim! Didn’t mean squat if you wore a cap or a camo painted helmet. They died by the boat load for inches of dirt. Your knowledge of history make you the idiot of the month!
Shut up Stefan. It was the type of war those men were fighting that killed them, not their uniforms. No matter how much camo you wear, if the enemy always knows which hole you’re coming out of you’ll die, simple as that. Lucky’s knowledge of history makes you look like an ignorant asshole who just can’t wait to jump on the bandwagon and tear someone down, regardless of facts or common sense.
We think all three of you are assholes
I was talking about the evolution of camouflage, not history and geopolitics. Fuck yourself Euotrash
Wow, that really escalated guys.
Yes it did. I was just trying, in layman’s terms, to explain why simple recoloration can sometimes lead to an evolution and got shit all over
I know, I have no idea where the angst came from.
“…green or black vests both look well-matched when paired with MultiCam Black uniforms”
I read this, and this is the first thing that popped into my mind: *male, fashionista voice* Multicam balck is the new black! It’s sooooo stylish! *rainbows and unicorns flash pass*
Real Men wear Digital!!!
Eric and crew; are these patterns geometrically/dimensionally different, or just recolored versions of (normal) MultiCam?
recolored…uses same screens
Thank you!
Multicam Black looks like it’s meant to blend in with oil slicks…
When the sun comes up…everyone will say oh shit! quick hide! When caught in sunlight wearing Multicam black.
It’s obvious it was designed for LE teams that can’t wear regular multicam for some ridiculous admin reasons.
This does look good, and we all know that looking cool is half the battle.
#1 Always look cool
#2 Always know where you are
#3 If you dont know where you are, at least look cool.
A lot of agencies are pushing away from “militarizing” their tactical units, so that offers something different than the traditional black.
I dont understand that rational? Hey guys go ahead and wear ballistic helmets, plate carriers, and carry M4’s but don’t wear camo it makes you to “Militaristic” give me a break!
Black is used because it frightens perps into submission when coupled with pyro and violence of action. If you enter and dominate a room correctly, you will know by the look in its occupants eyes.
Those were my thoughts. If the Multicam family gets selected as the DOD-wide uniform, the black pattern may be a good option for maintainers and sailors at sea to hide the grease and oil spots.
“Ding-Ding” we have a winner! That thought never crossed my mind, but it makes perfect sense. A whole family of colorways to cover just about any situation. All that’s missing is multicam gray (for urban ops) & multicam blue (looking at you Air Force).
Wow, good point. That stuff would hide oil stains a lot better than the Navy’s blueberry camo or just about anything else, really.
Dig the Alpine pattern. Will get some over-garments when somebody makes some.
Same here.
Same here, plus pack cover.
Ditto. Looks great. I can finally stop spray painting cheap Swedish snow parkas…
Thats what I’ve been waiting for too.
I grabbed some of the images from the site and put them in a Dropbox album.
https://www.dropbox.com/photos/c/zpjGMgMzcYi84Ke
Outstanding photos! Thanks for posting it is great to see it in an environmental setting. Is it just me, or do the jungle colours remind me a lot of DPM?
I thought the same thing.
Something about it reminds me of DPM but the colors are much more green.
Can’t see the comparison to DPM as there is little brown, but I can with CADPAT and Swedish M90 with the colours.
I wasn’t able to get too close of a look at the pattern to tell, the design is very similar but I don’t think it is a direct recoloring
Any chance we’ll get to see images of uniforms (from truspec) anytime soon?
They only have MultiCam Black
Darn…
Also just to clarify are these the exact patterns crye submitted to the army. Variations based on that work? Or independent work.
Only 6 people were able to see the new color schemes on the first day of the new Multicam website launch.
You are seeing them here.
Awesome Obamacare reference… And true so far. ha ha ha
Apparently the internet moves really fast!
Lots of haters on here.
Whatever it is would like to see how it works in environment. THis may not be pretty but if it works then it works.
I am sure crye woukd have done their work. Let the facts speak for itself
now for the love of god will the army hurry up with these memos authorizing this stuff.
Will this announcement have any bearing or does it give any clues on when us soldiers can start wearing Multicam to work (outside of the field and down-range)? In other words; does this indicate a change in the plan or timeline for wear/issue to the masses?
One more question; is there still talk of the Army butchering (modifying) the “transitional/OCIE” pattern?
Now for my comments, it looks pretty good. Im sure that it tested well and hats off to SSD for keeping it under wraps. Things like this is why SSD gets reliable information from reliable sources.
Tropic one kinda reminds me of Czech woodland camo.
Which Czech woodland camo?
New one, pattern 95?
http://airsoftpedie.diverzanti.cz/airsoft/Vz.95
Or old one, Mlok?
http://www.kamouflage.net/camouflage/00144.php
I meant the new one. The one with light green shade.
Airsoft commandos seem to have overloaded the servers…
They were blowing up the Crye/MultiCam facebook page earlier today talking about “sweet loadouts” using this stuff as well.
>:(
Any word if these will be authorized for wear in the Army after UCP is phased out?
Either way, I still would have preferred US4CES.
I always liked MultiCam; and although I admittedly had my fingers crossed for US4CES, after finally seeing the other patterns Crye had up their sleeve, I am very pleased with the end product. I think it will be a good decision should this indeed be the direction the Army implied it was moving in.
If it involves me being able to ditch my ABUs, I’m on board with it.
The MC Tropic reminds me or the ERDL in its greener variant. Looks good. The MC Arid seems to be at least as effective as the AOR or MarPat desert. Not sure what folks expect. MultiCam was a revolution when introduced and so many clamored for it. Now it’s not cool and the tactical hipsters have moved on I suppose.
I’m relieved that big Army finally got a dose of common sense and didn’t introduce another camouflage to the mess. Let’s get with our Brit and Aussie allies and Crye-oritize.
And I like the. MCB Black. Haters.
To be honest, the tropic one is awesome. There’s a shortage of good tropical patterns, imho. The black looked stupid at first, but ok in those dropbox photos I just saw. So yeah, I agree with you. Anything new is good, especially since the industry will be leaner once Afghanistan is over.
ive seen alot of haters on mr cramers facebook saying how these patterns are not going to be effective and is going to get soldiers killed …..goes to show you so people are open minded other are closed like a lock box
Only one commenter said that and he was referencing the NIR (Near Infrared) reflection on Multicam (transitional) compared to US4CES. He was not talking specifically about the concealment in the visible spectrum.
Guy get the Air Force to pick up US4CES… just don’t let them turn it blue.
I’ve followed all of your articles closely and they were very intriguing and loaded with great info. I’m just not sold on the whole doom and gloom, soldiers will die because MC sucks in NIR. My team mates and I have been scrutinizing our MC since the articles came out and we’ve concluded that MC works really well under NODs. I hope that ADS will release US4CES patterns for commercial sale (or at least unit or individual purchase). That way dudes could grab MC, Kryptek and US4CES sets and make their own decision.
What, no Brookwood love?
Yeah! We never got to see Crayola’s Brookwood submission performing in various environments. Joking aside I am nevertheless curious.
Mr. Cramer, under better financial circumstances, I think your camo would have won out. Your pattern is great, and has the science to back it up. I’m sure it will sell well once its on the market. I also think that it would be effective as an urban camo, if the colors were changed to match.
Guy Cramer, seriously, shut the fuck up. You lost. Go away
Angry Misha, you are once again far too angry.
Multicam Black got me thinking:
I took us4ces OCIE wallpaper images, one changed to black and white to make an easy urban version, the other in its original colors and shrunk and placed in the center, like a plate carrier would.
Then I took pictures from this site (because the various colors, angles and building materials)
http://camillachic.wordpress.com/2013/05/31/may-urban-days/
and placed the makeshift camo setup on top of it to compare.
It is not perfect, but it if a PD or Fed. agency is going to spend our money for a “dominant” appearance for tactical units, why not use something that is physically AND psychologically effective? Thoughts?
ARID:
http://i44.tinypic.com/21oc96w.jpg
TROPICAL:
http://i39.tinypic.com/11r57k4.jpg
ALPINE:
http://i40.tinypic.com/2emg64w.jpg
Alpine looks good, but could use some light green. The best winter patterns I have seen have been green on white patterns. We already have overwhites.
Don’t know… I still think its missing the ability to create the perception of different depths, which is something US4CES and Kryptek did very well with their subtle shadowing and blurred / sharp focus contrasts respectively. But the colors look good, it beats ACUs and I guess it sort of saves money.
This gives me an Army stiffy. I think that tropic patter will kill out here in the Pacific theater!
So the site has the pics of the different patterns in use BUT all of their LBE is in plain ol’ MC i.e. transitional.
I guess you missed the Camo Improvement Effort, the whole idea was to have a family of patterns that would work in the desert, woods and the transitional while sharing the same OCIE pattern to simplify logistics.
What are your opinions on the new MultiCam vs Kryptek? Side by side, which do you think works better?
Cry havoc, and let slip the dogs of war. This question is like Pandora’s box.
Multicam is old and Kryptek is for gimmick.
Pencott vs US4CES would be more worth to compete.
HAHAHAHAHA you funny
Kryptek is no ‘gimmick’. Their patterns work extremely well, far better than any other US patterns I’ve tried. Now that Crye has the very dry and very lush environments covered, I’m sure their system will perform at least as well.
Haha, like that. Multicam is not that old and neither is Kryptek a gimmick, both are functional and modern (relatively), but I can see how someone could say that, made me laugh.
The thought of a Pencott vs US4CES competition is interesting, sign me up for that. Both of those are incredible, and may find their way into my hunting wardrobe once they become readily available. Would be truly interested to see how that played out. Hopefully someone will make a video with them both soon. Im talking to you, airsoft geardos.
I like the point Chris makes regarding Kryptek’s ability to create the perception of different depths. I’m with JRoss in that I’m looking for something that blends into the woodland forests of Alabama. From the looks of it, MultiCam Tropic may be too green; same for Kryptek Mandrake. I would love to a side by side comparison.
well in tennessee kryptek mandrake seems to work fairly well but ill have to test the new tropic multicam to see how it works here
I don’t think that it was as simple as “recoloring”. They still had to do a shit load of testing of different color pallets for each environment to get the best possible outcome.
Arid and Tropic were the only two patterns Soldiers should concern themselves with. Even in the regular Army we will never/RARELY use overwhites, let alone BLACK.
I see a lot of people who expected a whole lot more because they did not read what the solicitation was asking for.
And regular Soldiers do not need to concern themselves with any other pattern (Krytek, US4CES, Pencott, ATACS, etc…). Save it for when you want to take a class or shoot at the range on your own time.
SSD since army bought multicam rights and already “talked” about tweaking it, I assume they did not include these variants in that contract. Thus this will force army to buy these additional rights or stick to what they have and tweak it. I fear the later. Army please just buy COTS multicam variants!
Wow, nice job Crye… looks like the various shades were well thought out and will work across their intended enviroments… can not wait to get my hands on some samples…
Meh…
I would have to say that tropic looks awesome, almost a woodland camo. To me the patterns are a good off shoot of regular multicam. While black is not piratical for concealment it does look good ( I personally think it could have used more gray). In addition your kit especially coyote works well with all.
I first thought the tropical version was too green for anything other than jungle locales but they call it tropical and not woodland which seems smart because the brown in the original Multicam makes it perform well in wooded terrain. One thing that I still don’t understand is how the tropical would have performed so well in the Army tests IF it is the same pattern. Looking at the original, you can see the 3D and shadowing effect the slugs have and the tans and greens blend in seamlessly but also seem to stand out against each other depending on how you look at it so its easy to understand why that can be so effective in real world use. Looking at the tropical version, I can’t see the same effects as well.
The Crye camo philosophy is different than some others. The Crye patterns rely more on a blending effect than disruption (3D).
I’d like to see how the Tropical performs in Northern Europe, amongst the pine trees, I’ve found our MTP is a bit too light for that environment.
It would probably be excellent in Northern Europe, because Danish M/84 Flecktarn has a similar colorway and performs very well, especially in the trees.
So- Multicam makes cam that’s not multi.
And it now produces camo that’s got black.
A few years ago, The self same firm made much bluster in it’s marketing along the lines of ‘Environment specific camoflague is a thing of the past and a waste of time etc etc- Multicam works in all environments and all situations- yes, even that one you just thought of because it’s telepathic- it’s that good” {Note: may be a slight simplification- but that’s how it felt when talking to it’s many advocates}
I also recall “No camoflague needs black as there isn’t any black in nature’ or some such bobbins on their website.
My, the clock comes full circle, eh.
I’m curious, can I see the camouflage you produced?
SSD, that’s a 5 year old’s response… all ‘Jon L’ did was essentially impeach crye with its own prior statement. A better response would have been proving that they never made any such statement. I expect more from you.
I thought it was funny, I laughed.
But anyway, Crye says they have an all in one camo that works well in most environments. They actually deliver said camo. The Army asks for more variants. The Army gives Crye alot of money. Crye makes more variants based on their “true” multicam. Seems like a logical (albeit oversimplified and ignoring horrendous misteps along the way) sequence of events to me.
As for Black, they acknowledge its not as much a camo as a professional look for police task force types, who traditionally wear black.
Well, when all you want is one pattern, then MultiCam sure does the trick. In fact, it does the trick so well that all four finalist transitional patterns from Phase IV shared very similar color palettes. Considering MultiCam existed first, I’d say that was a testament.
When the Army (and consumers) ask for more specialized patterns you give it to them. I really don’t see the issue here except from people who are just plain haters. If you want to hate, fine, hate. But at least point out something that actually makes sense. That babble is just silly. Crye isn’t the first company to offer multiple patterns and they certainly won’t be the last.
It gets old, day after day, reading inane comments from armchair quarterbacks. Especially when those comments are based on nothing more than an uniformed opinion often based on a picture that may or not feature correct colors. I appreciate informed comments but pablum based on nothing more than access to an internet connection is tiring. It seems there are more and more people angry at the world and they want to hide behind a made up name on the internet and show the world just how big their ass is.
If you know a thing or two about camo, share it. If you just want to make noise, expect to be called a derp.
SSD, outstanding response… Faith in you restored, happy holidays and congrats on another great year of coverage!
🙂
Pretty much what I was thinking…
I see much confusion in the naming scheme with their MultiCam(s?).
Of course one really can’t blame Crye, they’re just responding to market demands, but it is ironic.
What’s confusing ?
On the naming issue, it’s minor really, but could be bothersome with marketing and logistics.
They’ve named all of their camo patterns after one of their camo patterns. They’re all MultiCam, but then what’s the transitional pattern called?
It’s like when a fellow sits down at a southern diner and orders a “Coke” and the waitress asks whether he wants his coke to be a root beer, Sprite, Coke, or Pepsi. The category is named the same as one of the units it contains.
I don’t know about everyone else, but I will be referring to original Multicam as “Transitional Multicam” from now on.
I prefer ‘MultiCam Classic’ but I don’t think Crye is too impressed with my preference.
Well done Crye, these look great!
Multcam Alpine…? I see spruces in the background, just like here, but with the holy grail of snow camo (the Finnish m/05):
http://suomisodassa.tumblr.com/post/35388630391/finnish-jaegers-in-sodankyla-wearing-m05-winter
Snowcamo is difficult, because the backdrop tends to be so variable, ranging from the uniform whiteness on the ground to the (possibly) snowless evergreen spruces in the background, and anything in between, varying from day to day with the weather. And keeping the snow camo white is pretty darn impossible for any lenght of time in the field.
That said, Crye’s entry seems conservative, close to the all-white (overwhites) end of the spectrum. Personally I very much doubt whether it has anything to offer beyond the existing competition.
Nice pattern, but I wonder how you say “This is my safety” in Finnish?
Couldn’t Resist.
😀
Very unprofessional, really, and I think that it’s originally a staged PR photo. PR never gets anything right, right?
(If it had been an actual exercise, there would most probably have been blank firing equipment on the muzzle. If not, it would indicate a live ammo exercise, and then it would really suck.)
That said, during WWII, the pointman on a patrol might walk, or even ski, with the selector of his submachine gun on auto and finger on trigger. Being able to open fire on sudded encounter or ambush was more of an safety issue.
Begun the Camo Wars Have
First company with a contractor hat in alpine can have my money.
I’m in for a hat in Multicam Tropic. I want to compare it to my Kryptek Mandrake hat.
same here
Is there 1 website that carries all these patterns?
Given Crye’s sluggish pace for getting product to market, (Crye’s version of a multicam smock comes to mind).
How long will it be until we see clothing in the new color schemes , excluding black , hit the market?